Chapter 23: Crossing the River (2)

Shi Xin was very clear, and he glanced at Mu Yulu and the melon-seed-faced girl in front of him, which meant to say, "You two wait a minute." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Then he hugged Jiang Lanping and Qi Bing's waist one by one, jumped over, flew over four or five zhang, and saw that he was about to fall, he was not panicked, he had already seen a reed, and his right foot was lightly on the reed, and then he flew up again, turned in the air, and landed lightly on the dry river bank - it was the Wudang faction's light skill "Tiyun Zong"! Lao Wang once again happened to act as a spectator, and was once again stunned, watching Shi Xin put down the two of them, jumped on the top of the reed, and slipped back like a wisp of light smoke along the top of the reed.

Qi Bing's hand twisted the tip of his hair, and he looked at Shi Xin's flashing figure in a daze, as if he was crazy.

Although they only waited for a few seconds, Mu Yulu and the melon-seed-faced girl on the sampan seemed to have passed three or four years. When Shi Xin silently landed on the plank, the two of them actually pounced on his side at the same time, eager to pounce into his arms. Then, when they saw the same situation with each other, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.

Although they all longed for Shi Xin's hand to be on their waist, and they were all mentally prepared, waiting for another skin-to-skin blind date with Shi Xin, but when Shi Xin's hand really hit their waist, the two of them trembled in unison, as if Shi Xin's hand was electrified.

Shi Xin's palm felt the trembling of Mu Yulu and the delicate bodies of the melon seed-faced girl, and his heart moved, but he didn't have time to think about this, he jumped up again. But this time, he didn't jump very high, he pounced forward, tapping his feet on the reeds from time to time, and carrying Mu Yulu and the melon-faced girl through the reeds.

The two of them once again wrapped one hand around Shi Xin's neck, and they cooperated very tacitly, the arm of the melon seed face girl was on top, and Mu Yulu's arm was below, which just occupied Shi Xin's head and neck.

Shi Xin tilted his head, his eyes flashed, like stars in the sky, and he asked the melon-faced girl, "We have been in the same boat, now you should tell me what your name is, right?" ”

The melon-faced girl was so happy that she almost didn't fall into the water: "My name is Zhong Xintong." ”

Over there, Mu Yulu was so angry that she almost didn't fall into the water when she heard their conversation, but Shi Xin immediately turned her head and gave her a smile, and Mu Yulu's jealousy immediately disappeared, as if blown by the warm spring breeze. She even felt that even if she had to share the stone heart with Zhong Xintong, she would be very satisfied.

Both of them had the same idea in their hearts: how good would it be if they could go on like this with their sweetheart forever?

It's a pity that there is one more rival on the other side! A rival in love who does not lose to himself in terms of appearance or temperament.

At this moment, Zhong Xintong and Mu Yulu couldn't help but regard each other as the mortal enemy who was destined by God and was against him in this life.

The three of them walked among the reeds, white reeds flashing and brushing their cheeks from time to time. Shi Xin could smell the faint scent of their daughters and feel the restlessness of their bodies. "What a beautiful encounter!" He thought that he could never dream of walking through thousands of mountains and rivers with so many beautiful women.

But in the bottom of his heart, he still thinks of She Manshi, her smile and her elegance.

She shouldn't be in any danger in SH, right?

Jiangbei is the boundary of Jiangdu and belongs to the guerrilla zone of the New Fourth Army. Although it has not yet become a base area of the New Fourth Army, the guerrillas of the New Fourth Army have been active in this area frequently, and the underground organization has been well established. Mr. Wang led the group to the next contact point, and found someone to lead everyone into the Hubei-Henan-Suzhou-Anhui base area of the New Fourth Army. His plan was to go from northern Jiangsu to HN, then from HN to SX, and finally to northern Shaanxi. This route is the shortest, and most of them pass through the base areas and guerrilla areas of the New Fourth Army and the Eighth Route Army, so the safety factor is relatively high. Only when crossing Jinpu Road you have to pass through the blockade line of the devils, and when you pass through parts of HNSX, you have to pass through the control area of the *** army. Of course, due to the staggered territory of the armed forces of various factions, it is often the first army to come today, and tomorrow the Communist forces will fight again, and in a few days the devils will sweep the country and the communists will jump to the outside line to fight together. So, there will be a lot of uncertainties.

The boatman Lao Jiang waved goodbye to everyone after they all went ashore, and he wanted to cross the river before dawn and return to the town of Zhenjiang on the other side. It was all Shixin shaking the oars just now, so he saved his physical strength, and he could paddle faster on the way back.

The eastern sky had begun to glow, no longer a black patch, but a faint hint of red. Lao Jiang knew that in another half an hour, the sky would be bright, and the darkness that he relied on to hide would slowly reced, and if he was still dangling on the river at that time, he would definitely encounter patrolling devils. If you're lucky, the devil will sink his little sampan and catch himself. If you are unlucky, the devil will shoot this suspicious element from Jiangbei directly.

Thinking of this, he struggled to push the sampan back into the water, and then shook it hard towards the south bank. It is now high tide, and on the north side of the river he will go against the current, and on the south side of the river he will go downstream, and although in general the strength of the river can cancel each other out, it is an indisputable fact that the river is wider than usual at high tide.

One thing he didn't know was that his little sampan was about to fall apart. Just now, when the fox sand almost ran aground, the hull of the ship slammed heavily on the water, although Shi Xin used a penny to defuse part of the impact force with a penny, but it was the remaining part of the impact force that was also fatal to this small sampan. What's more, Shixin has maintained a high speed of more than 30 knots when crossing the river, and the tenon joint structure of this small sampan cannot withstand the impact of this high-speed voyage at all. Therefore, the keel, ribs, and tenons between the small sampans have been loosened, and cracks have begun to appear in the surface coating of the varnish and tung oil brushes -- the sampan of the old river has begun to seep water, and he can no longer draw the south bank of the Yangtze River.

Lao Jiang is an old boatman who has experienced countless winds and waves on the Yangtze River. But today, his good fortune came to an end. The night was too dark for him to feel the slow seepage of the ship. Therefore, when he realized that the hull of the ship was getting heavier and heavier, the bottom of the ship had fallen off several pieces, and one of the cabins had been soaked in the river!

Lao Jiang's boat was equipped with materials to plug the leak, although he was a little surprised, but he was not panicked, he jumped into the cabin very skillfully, ready to start plugging the leak. But he was caught off guard and fell into the icy river - the bottom of the boat was already open, and he fell directly into the river from the bottom of the boat! In the end, it is an old boatman, and the water is good. Lao Jiang got out of the bottom of the boat and got into the boat. Although one of the cabins was flooded, it was not yet sunk, and he could swing the half-sunken ship back - he had not seen it before, and he was sure of it. So he put his arms on and prepared to climb out of the water and get into the boat. But the accident happened at this time, and the side of the boat he was holding collapsed at once, and all of them fell off, and he fell into the river again. Although he immediately emerged from the water and grabbed the side of the boat on the other side, he hopelessly found that the river had poured into the cabin that had not yet entered the water! Soon, the side of his little sampan was level with the water, and only the bow and stern were still on the water—it was impossible to rock the wreck back!

Lao Jiang stepped on the water, raised his eyes and looked around, the east had already revealed the white of the fish's belly, and he happened to be in the heart of the river! The rushing river pushed him and his people and boats in the direction of Dagang downstream. Lao Jiang thought about it, took off the cotton clothes that were full of water on his body, left his small sampan that was slowly sinking, and began to swim towards the south bank. He didn't swim fast, he didn't want to exhaust his physical strength at once, and he didn't want to be frozen to death by the cold river water. He has nothing to say about his water nature, and it is not a problem to swim back to the river.

Half an armored train bound for Nanjing is moving at high speed on the Beijing-Shanghai line. When the stoker heard that he was sending Captain Matsuo to the hospital, he riveted coal into the boiler and was sweating profusely. That's not all, Captain Nakazato Yumi sent three more strong soldiers to the locomotive to help, and the original stoker changed shifts to shovel coal to ensure the high speed of the train. Therefore, the speed of this half of the armored train reached an astonishing 90 kilometers per hour, you must know that the average speed of the passenger train on the Beijing-Shanghai line at that time was only 40 kilometers per hour, and the armored train ran faster, and it could only run to 6 or 70 kilometers, and the speed of 90 kilometers per hour like today is definitely a milestone event in the history of Chinese railways! The real speed of life and death.

Captain Yumi Nakazato has been by Matsuo's side. The medics had already bandaged Matsuo with a triangular scarf and tourniquet, and the wound on the back of Matsuo's head had long since stopped bleeding. But Matsuo's situation shows no signs of improving. The little face is whitewashed, the hands and feet twitch from time to time, and the mouth is foaming. Half an hour after driving, the train has passed Longtan Station, and Nanjing is about to arrive. Through the dim headlights, Nakazato was surprised to find that Matsuo's face had turned gray, his hands and feet had stopped twitching, and the foam in his mouth had disappeared.

At this moment, a gust of wind passed through the carriage, and Nakazato shivered violently. He glanced up at Kojiro Genba, a medical soldier who was also kneeling beside Matsuo and had been observing Matsuo's vital signs. Genba Kojiro was also looking up at him, and his eyes were full of panic. Genba Kojiro measured Matsuo's heartbeat and blood pressure again—both of which turned out to be zero. He took off his hat, pulled over a blanket to cover Matsuo's body, and stood up expressionlessly: "Matsuo Shaozo has been martyred." ”

Nakazato was stunned, it was too sudden, and his captain had already entered the "Yasukuni" shrine after a while. He stared out the window at the pitch-black field, for Nakazato, Matsuo's soul had returned to his hometown in Kitakyushu with the gust of wind just now, and Matsuo was already relieved. And he, Yumi Nakazato, will continue to suffer in the land of Shina, and he doesn't know when he will be able to return home.

Matsuo Shuzo was the first officer in the history of the Great RB Imperial Army to die in an armored train, and he was also the highest-ranking officer to die in an armored train.